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Automatically Warns Controllers Of Possible Incursions

Accipiter Radar
announced Monday another first for its Accipiter line of
software-definable radars at Toronto City Center Airport. Recently,
Accipiter completed the installation and approval of a
custom-developed application that provides automated alerts to
controllers when targets of concern enter the marine exclusion
zones that could conflict with take-offs and landings. The
Accipiter application integrates two radar systems and two cameras
into a single hands-off display embedded into existing
instrumentation consoles to minimize its footprint.

Robert Deluce, President and CEO of Porter Airlines, the major
tenant whose expanding operations at TCCA were in part responsible
for the selection of Accipiter radars, said "We needed a flexible,
automated solution that would satisfy the particular needs of all
stakeholders, and provide for growth, training, continuous data
recording, for incident management, and affordable life cycle
support, and we needed it on a specific timeline. Accipiter
delivered."

Dr. Tim Nohara, President and CEO of Accipiter, said "his team
is priveleged to work with Porter, TCCA, and NAV CANADA and belive
this successful experience is a model of cooperation that could be
followed at other North American airports."